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Levi’s Celebrates Venice, Calif., With Abbot Kinney Pop-Up
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | June 25, 2026
Levi’s Summer headed to Venice, Calif., recently as the brand celebrated Los Angeles creatives with a pop-up shop on Abbot Kinney.
New Nordstrom Rack to Open in San Diego
Seattle-based specialty retailer Nordstrom will open a 39,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack next fall at Carmel Mountain Plaza in San Diego. The new store wi...
Torrid to Expand to Strip-Mall Locations
For Hot Topic Inc.’s Torrid division, the future is in strip malls....
Visual Display: Designing a Better Trade Show
David Winston has an antidote to cure the common trade show blues....
L.A. Investor Alec Gores Sees Future in Apparel and Retail
For 25 years, Los Angeles billionaire Alec Gores has made his fortune by turning around underperforming technology and industrial companies and selling them for a nifty profit....
American Apparel Expands Cosmetics Offerings
First T-shirts, then underwear, then denim and now cosmetics. Los Angeles–based American Apparel followed up the launch of nail polish under the American Apparel brand with a collection of Ame...
’Thriller’ Jacket Lawsuit to Be Resolved, Bohbot Says
After a lawsuit was filed by three brothers of music superstar Michael Jackson, manufacturer and showroom owner Steeve Bohbot said...
Welcome Stranger Tries New Denim Look
San Francisco has one of the world’s great denim pedigrees. It is the hometown of the brand that began it all, Levi Strauss & Co. It is also the headquarters of denim emp...
Rebecca Taylor Takes a Bow on Robertson
Rebecca Taylor has been primarily known as a boutique brand in California, and the New York–based label is scheduled to open its first West Coast boutique on Nov. 18....
Rodeo#039;s Contemporary Influx Not an End of Luxe Era
When Amsterdam-based denim label
Patagonia: Environmental Ethos Is Built Into the Business
Telling customers to purchase less clothing is not something many companies would do, but
Rodeo’s Contemporary Influx Not an End of Luxe Era
When Amsterdam-based denim label
Michael Jackson Returns: Amazon's Thriller Deal
E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. has sold thousands of Michael Jackson books and CDs. Now, Amazon is betting that Michael Jackson fans will open their wallets for the Seattle-headquartered retailer...
General Quarters' Golden Age of Chinos
The fashion world has taken inspiration from retro styles for years, but Blair Lucio cultivated his own category of retro with his General Quarters boutique at 153 S. La Brea Ave. in Los Ange...
October Sales Solid, but Slow
The winners in retail sales this October were discounters and off-price stores while specialty stores showed mixed results.Overall, October retail sales increased by 3.7 percent on a year-ove...
Bloomingdale's to Open in Glendale Galleria in 2013
A 120,000-square-foot Bloomingdale’s will be built at the Glendale Galleria shopping center, with construction starting next year.#8232;...
